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English words starting with “C

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colt

noun
Louisiana Creole:poulin

Un poulin çé pli piti pasé un jumen.

A colt is smaller than a mare.

colter

noun
Louisiana Creole:kout

coma

Noun
Louisiana Creole:trepase, trépasé

comb

noun
Louisiana Creole:piniy (alt: pinñ)

Mo ashté un pènniy pou mô shvé.

I purchased a comb for my hair.

comb

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:piniyé (alt: pinñé, pènnyé)

Va piniyé tô shvé!

Go brush your hair.

Mo pinñ

I brush

combined

adjective
Louisiana Creole:kombiné
Synonyms:mélé

Léfòr kombiné

Combined effort

come

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vini
Synonyms:vini bæk, retourné, tourné bæk, return, come back
Antonyms:parti, kouri, go, leave

Vyin wa.

Come see.

Li viní o stó pou ashté fromaj.

He came to the store to purchase cheese.

Yé vyin oswá.

They come at night.

come and go

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vatévyin

Yé vatévyin kom ça.

They come and go like that.

come from

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:sorti a, sorti en; devini a
Synonyms:éné a, éné en; born; élévé; raise

Mô popá sòr a Sésilyá.

My dad comes from Cecilia.

Mô mari té sortí o Kinkvil.

My husband was from Kankton.

Li devyin a Karenkró.

He comes from Carencro.

come get

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vini shærshé, vini shèrshé
Antonyms:va mèt; go put

Vyin shærshé ça.

Come get that.

Li mandé sô gaçon vini shærshé sô fiy.

She asked her son to come get his daughter.

come home

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:rentré; vini a lamézon
Antonyms:sorti; parti; kouri; leave; go

Li rentré tar iyèr oswá.

He got home late last night.

Rent pa tar aswá!

Don't come home late tonight!

come to

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vini pou
Synonyms:for the purpose of

Vini pou ashté sosis

Come to buy sausage

Li té viní pou lavé ti shyin-la.

She came to wash the dog.

come to a head

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:abouti

Sô bobó té aboutí é mo té gin pou krazé li.

His sore came to a head and I had to crush it.

comedy

Noun
Louisiana Creole:lakomedi, lakomédi